Curriculum
Four Years of Family Medicine at OHSU
The future of Family Medicine will require you to be an expert clinician while also having the skills to be:
• a life-long learner
• an agent of change
• a leader of teams
• a manager of populations
Join us as we re-envision the Family Medicine Residency
We believe that in addition to clinical knowledge, residency must prepare doctors for the increased scope of responsibility they will face in the 21st century.
Further, we believe that residency should offer increased training flexibility to permit a closer fit between training and future practice.
The American Board of Family Medicine has called for experimentation with four year curriculum in our specialty.
Therefore we propose to move to a required four year residency in Family Medicine. Not because you can’t learn the specialty in three years but because we want to train those who will lead the specialty into the future, a future we don’t yet know.
As we create a new experience of four year family medicine training you have our commitment that you will receive a broad scope of training and an opportunity for a flexible learning plan. Our program incorporates the following general principles of curriculum design:
• Team based instruction, learning and patient care.
• Technology based – best uses of technology in training, evaluation and clinical care.
• Continuous improvement – incorporated in all aspects of residency.
• Patient centered care structure.
• Commitment to measuring outcomes.
• Commitment to sharing those outcomes more broadly with the specialty.
• Increased individual educational flexibility.
• Use of adult learning principles.
• A commitment to wellness for all
We know that change can be exciting and challenging at the same time. Our department has many resources to guide us through this process.
• We are the evaluation team for the P4 project with great experience in evaluating curricular change
• Over 70 faculty and 15 core faculty with a broad range of skills
• Large clinical system but small teams. We see ~140,000 patients in our 4 clinics but you will be part of a patient- centered clinic team of faculty, residents and staff.
• A robust research department with expertise in communication, educational and clinical translational research as well as evidence–based medicine resources.
• A fully integrated Electronic Medical Record with monthly personal performance scorecards
• Commitment to public policy in a state that has been the leader in health care.
At OHSU we have experience training excellent clinicians with the broad skills to practice Family Medicine in any setting, while also fostering the leadership skills and opportunities that our specialty requires for the future. We also know that health care reform will require even more from the Family Physician of the future. Being an expert clinician is necessary but not sufficient for responding to and leading changes that are to come.
If you want to be part of an exciting process of change and are comfortable with some uncertainty in a supportive environment, consider joining us as we re-envision the Family Medicine residency.
Our Unique Features
• A reputation as a leader in the specialty of Family Medicine.
• Full-spectrum maternity and prenatal care with option for c-section privileges training.
• Faculty who practice full spectrum Family Medicine, including OB and inpatient.
• Strong, well-respected university program balancing tertiary care training with educational experiences in community and rural settings.
• Faculty and residents who practice together as equals.
• Amazing, well-rounded residents who enjoy a vibrant city with a variety of recreational activities within the northwest.
2011-2012 ROTATIONS
* Blocks are Four Weeks in Duration
First Year (PGY1)
| Family Medicine Inpatient Service | 3 blocks | 1 half day of clinic per week |
| Family Medicine Maternity Service | 1 block | 1 half day of clinic per week |
| General Medicine (OHSU Medicine service) | 1 block | 1 half day of clinic per week |
| ICU/CCU (VA system) | 1 block | 1 half day of clinic per rotation |
| Obstetrics (OHSU OB service) | 1 block | 2 half days of clinic per week |
| Inpatient Pediatrics (OHSU Pediatrics) | 1 block | 1 half day of clinic per week |
| Newborn Nursery/NICU | 1 block | 1 half day of clinic per week |
| Rural Surgery (Ontario, OR) | 1 block | 8 half days of clinic per rotation |
| Geriatrics | 1 block | 4 half days of clinic per week |
| Orthopedics/ Sports Medicine | 1 block | 2 half days of clinic per week |
| Family Medicine Intensive | 4 weeks | 4 half days of clinic per week |
Second Year (PGY2)
| Family Medicine Inpatient Service | 1 block | 2 clinic half days per week |
| Family Medicine Maternity Service | 1 block | 1 clinic half day per week |
| Family Medicine Night Team | 1 block | 1 clinic half day per week |
| Rural Family Medicine (John Day or Enterprise, OR) | 2 blocks | 16 clinic half days per two blocks |
| High Risk Obstetrics | 1 block | 2 half days of clinic per week |
| Gynecology with Colposcopy and LEEP training | 1 block | 3 half days of clinic per week |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 block | 1 half day of clinic per week |
| Outpatient Pediatrics | 1 block | 3 half days of clinic per week |
| Orthopedics/ Sports Medicine | 1 block | 2 half days of clinic per week |
| Social Medicine Selective/Reproductive Health | 1 block | 3 half days of clinic per week |
| Elective (may be out of state) | 1 block | 3 half days of clinic per week |
| Family Medicine Intensive / Inpatient Coverage | 4 weeks | 5 half days of clinic per week |
Third Year (PGY3)
| Family Medicine Inpatient Service | 2 blocks | 2 clinic half days per week |
| Family Medicine Night Team/Subspecialties | 2 blocks | 1-6 clinic half days per week |
| General Medicine (OHSU Medicine service) | 1 block | 1 clinic half day per week |
| Surgery/Vasectomy training | 1 block | 4 clinic half days per week |
| Adolescent Medicine | 1 block | 6 clinic half days per week |
| Dermatology | 1 block | 6 clinic half days per week |
| Elective (one elective may be out of state) | 4 blocks | 2-6 clinic half days per week |
| Family Medicine Intensive / Inpatient Coverage | 4 weeks | 5 clinic half days per week |
